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polybag

polybag noun: a plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.

Noun

polybag (plural polybags)

  1. A plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.

Verb

polybag (third-person singular simple present polybags, present participle polybagging, simple past and past participle polybagged)

  1. To package in a plastic bag.

Forms of polybag

Noun
pluralpolybags
Verb
third-person singular presentpolybags
present participlepolybagging
past participlepolybagged
pastpolybagged

Origin of polybag

From poly- + bag.

Questions about polybag

What does polybag mean?
Polybag means a plastic bag used to package a number of things together, but especially one used to package small supplementary publications that would otherwise fall out of a newspaper or magazine.
What part of speech is polybag?
Polybag can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of polybag?
The plural of polybag is polybags.

Words near polybag in the dictionary

  1. polyazoles
  2. polyazos
  3. polyazulene
  4. polybacillary
  5. polybacterial
  6. polybag
  7. polybagged
  8. polybagging
  9. polybags
  10. polyball
  11. polyballs

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